THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1990
TABLE 2 RE-EXPORTS FROM 10 MAJOR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
JAN-JUNE 1990 (HKD MN.)
JAN-JUNE 1989 (HKD MN.)
INCREASE/
DECREASE (HKD MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
(%)
CHINA
102,393
81,989
+20,405
+ 25
JAPAN
19,189
20.322
- 1,133
6
TAIWAN
13,764
13,413
U.S.A.
12,429
11,069
351 + 1,360
+
3
+ 12
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
5,155
6,187
T
1,032
17
F. R. OF GERMANY
2.480
2,443
37
+
2
SINGAPORE
2,346
1,949
397
+ 20
FRANCE
2,265
1,914
+
351
+ 18
SWITZERLAND
2,226
1.901
325
+ 17
UNITED KINGDOM
2,112
1,812
300
+ 17
GOVT DISAPPOINTED OVER US ITC DECISION
*
A TRADE
DISAPPOINTMENT
STATES
EXPRESSED TRADE KONG
DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL TODAY (THURSDAY}
UNITED AT THE
INTERNATIONAL MAN-MADE SWEATERS FROM HONG COMMISSION'S (ITC) DECISION THAT HAD CAUSED INJURY TO US PRODUCERS OF SIMILAR PRODUCTS.
INJURY BEEN
REPORT "WE ARE WAITING FOR A FULL
OF THE REASONS FOR THIS DECISION, BUT ON THE FACE OF IT IT IS DIFFICULT TO SEE HOW COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY HONG KONG MAN-MADE SWEATERS WHICH HAVE SUBJECT TO RESTRAINT SINCE
1971, THE ACTING DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF TRADE, MR ROBERT FOOTMAN, SAID.
"THE
WILL EXAMINE
THE
DEPARTMENT TRADE
OF DETAILS COMMISSION'S FINDING AND THE EARLIER ONE IN JULY BY THE DEPARTMENT COMMERCE OF DUMPING.
"IF
WE NECESSARY,
THE
OF
US CLOSELY WITH
THE
WILL TAKE THE MATTER UP WITH AUTHORITIES AND IN THIS REGARD WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK OUR INDUSTRY, HE SAID.
"I
THE ITC FOLLOWING NOTIFICATION OF THE INJURY DETERMINATION BY
ANTI-DUMPING ORDER THE US DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE WILL ISSUE A FORMAL
FROM WITHIN SEVEN DAYS REQUIRING IMPORTERS OF MAN-MADE FIBRE SWEATERS
5.86 PER CENT IN HONG KONG TO PAY ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES AT A RATE OF THE MAJORITY OF CASES,
DEPARTMENT WITH THE FINDING OF DUMPING BY THE US
SUBJECT
SUCH IMPORTS HAVE BEEN SINCE LATE APRIL THIS YEAR.
OF COMMERCE
TO PROVISIONAL ANTI-DUMPING
DUTIES
19
+